Scottish Government boost Gaelic School

Scottish Gaelic received a boost when £3 million pounds additional funding was awarded to Sabhal Mòr Ostaig from the Scottish Government. The Sabhal Mòr Ostaig  college on the Isle of Skye is noted for excellence and is celebrating its fortieth anniversary in 2013. This money will be put towards expanding its campus and is part of £205 million pounds in infrastructure development for the college announced by John Swinney, Finance Secretary and Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament.

The aim of the funding is to secure its future and to extend its cultural, education, and economic role within Skye and throughout Scotland. In reporting the announcement the ‘Stirling Observer’ reported the words of Principal Boyd Robertson: "This most welcome news caps an extraordinary year for Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, one in which the college acquired almost 40 acres of land from the Clan Donald Lands Trust, thus enabling future extension of its role as the National Centre for Gaelic and agent of linguistic, cultural and economic regeneration locally and nationally." 

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